Straight run bantams growing up together - will they get along?

[shandy]

I'm just going to throw this out there. I have an established backyard flock of about 16 birds, mostly mixed breeds. I also just bought 11 straight run chicks of varied bantam variety: d'uccle, birchen cochin and polish. My thoughts are to have the backyard flock in the coop and free range as they do now and have the banties in a run with a smaller coop in it. What are the odds that all of the bantys (roos included) will get along as they have been raised together?
Thanks

 

[TheTwoRoos]

So your asking what their future will be since they grew up together?Just a snormal as any flock.Unless you of course don’t have enough space,and your roosters may or may not.

 

[shandy]

Yeah I guess I’ve never had bantys before (or any of the breeds I mentioned) and wondered if there’s much difference between the bantam breeds behavior and a flock of mixed standard size rir, barred rock, Easter eggers. Basically, we’ve had a small flock of chickens for eggs purposes only (I’ve only kept one rooster to 12 hens) and now we’re getting into kids showing for 4-H. Never had bantys, never tried to have 2 flicks, never had any more than 13 chickens . Just trying to get a basic game plan as far as what to expect with the 11 chicks growing up.

 

[aart]

Some folks keep banty breeds with LF with little to no problems.
Other have had problems...due to size, topknot 'blindness', etc.
Especially when introducing younger foofoo birds, they are at a disadvantage
If the banties are show/4H birds, I'd keep them separate from the laying flock.
You could try to free range them together, but have separate quarters just in case.
Multiple cock/erels, no matter the breed, can create problems...you might need more separate quarters for males.

 

[shandy]

That's great, thank you!

 

[redranger209]

If you put them in the same flock, replace your standard roo with a Banty or two. A standard will squash a banty hen.